"Nexis" <
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> Tonight, by request, I made Chicken Saltimbocca. For sides, angel hair
> and green beans with pine nuts, garlic, and shallots. A nice salad
> with mixed greens and some beautiful tomatoes I got from the market
> this morning. Dessert, chocolate soufflés with choice of raspberry
> coulis or espresso crème anglais.
> It all turned out delicious! Don't you love it when that happens??
>
> What did you have?
That does sound yummy. Will have to try the green beans that way.
I didn't cook; my mother-in-law did. We had appetizers of shrimp
cocktail, pita chips w/ a carmelized onion dip (from Costco, very
tasty -- much better than the spinach dip we had from there), and a
yummy phyllo dough thing topped with zucchini, herbs and olives. For
dinner, we had flank steak, mashed potatoes, broccoli, rolls, salad,
fresh pineapple and strawberries. Dessert was killer brownies with ice
cream, or blueberry mousse which was really just whipped cream with
cooked, sweetened berries folded in (a little too greasy-tasting, but
ok).
I pigged out a bit on appetizers, because I hadn't eaten any lunch, so I
skipped the meat, potatoes and rolls. Had to save room for dessert!
For breakfast that morning, my kids woke me up early, and we went to
Dunkin' Donuts to get a dozen doughnuts to bring home. We spread out a
blanket up in the "fort" part of our swingset, carried out juice and the
doughnuts, and left a "surprise" note for my husband to come out to the
fort. He did, and we enjoyed our breakfast feast. I have a great
picture of my toddler holding one doughnut while sinking his teeth into
another.